New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 23, 1917, Page 6

— exaepted) at 4:15 p. m., " Building. 67 Church St. e, - Post Office at New Britain Claas Mail Matter. — darrier to any part of thd city nts & week, 65 cents a month. for paper to be sent by mail, In advance, 60 cents a month, table advertising medium 'in * Circulation books and press vs open to sdvertisers. 1 on_sale at_Hota- News Stand, ¥2nd St and Broad- New York City; Board Walk, At- City, and Hartford Depot. SIELEPHONE; CALLS. B Dual Duty. ftie. Constitution of the United is intevpreted by -the su- ‘Court to say thds the duty he citizens:. of - the: United s 1s to render allegiance, to fce, to pay taxes, and sup- ‘the nt, and the onding duty of the United ‘8 ‘to_protect ‘the ri; of = ‘of the United States at e and abroad. HOWARD TAFT, » head of this column today & very pithy paragraph om the speech of a former it of the United States, a man “Americanism is beyond ques- iwho before going to the White . Was a good judge and a lawyer knows what it means to en- ‘this nation. In that simple the former President has ‘what many people in this itrial seem to have forgotten- .4 Ahe duttes of a .citl- d m Having showr tt: the ‘duties of & citl- the Tepublic'he then télls duty of the government ls jtiseps. ~ Thé government that-it is not willing to ‘e hundred fold. First, it calls Then, it asks for serv- , -it_asks that its citizens res 50 that the government may }!mn its citizens the govern- turn pledges to protect thelr ‘whether thege rights néed pro- g at home or abroad. The rights e oitizefls of the United States & violated when Germany at- jted ‘to drive our ships from h seas; when Germanpy delib- /took the lives of our innocent women and children, when Ger- sunk their ships without warn- . ut visit and search. These \ in the main, are the reasons United States entered this ocould not have remained out d etill be true to the Consti: under which it was born.and ‘which it operates. To fail to the rights of its citisens would breach of faith on the part of nment of the United States. Government has never yet fts word to anybody, citizen ner. Its citizens then owe it jble duty and allégiance at this when it is battling .for their £D, A BALANCE WHEED.. n Herbert C. Hoover stated be- conference of United States that “The balance wheel for jelMaing prices is gone, and we an artificlal balance wheel,” he § fn one sentence tho main rea- a Food Control Bill ® balance wheel for . stabalizing 5. bas gome. It has disappeared: “never be found. There must ‘artificial balance wheel it pricea ever to'be stabalized, if they are to‘be allowed, to fly heavenward oonstant. and steady procession. ly the law of supply and nand had something to do with fixing of prices. But that law Supply is nowhere in keeping demand. And every day of the Dbrings demand up to a greater jostion. The world war has sked the machinery of m and distribution. The practicing consumption to degree that famine is stand- ! the threshold ready to .come . family of lutlonn.—a‘ch as s left of the family task of controlling the food- of this nation is a task that will all the energy of brain and § that can be corralled. The M confronts the government y United States is & ‘world-wide © 'his nation stands today as the . for practically the en- e —— everybody on the globe, with the ex- ception of the Central Powers d a few straggling countries here/ and there. sk To this end the government of America must be vested with plenary : powers to conserve the food supplies. The extraordinary legislation now be- ing considered is meeting with many opponents. It is feared among many that a “dictatorship” will be set up in ‘Washington ‘over ‘which the pro- ducers will have no control. It i« * | feared that the government will reach out its hand and tell the farmer just what he can get for his products; that it will tell the middfeman just what he can charge for hig wares; that it will tell the ultimate con- sumer’ just how much he can pur- chase. Price-fixing to this desree, supervision of foodstuffs to this mag- nitude, is far from the thoughts of those who intend to exert an influence that will be for the good of all con- cerned, but especially for the good of the people who must -be protected from the extortioners and the price boosters. There should be no fear of ‘a “die- tatorship” in America when there is already a “dictatorship” now exist- ing, a “dictatorship” that is greater than any that could be established by Copgress no matter how stringent it might make its Food Control Bill. We are being dictated to at the present time by the food speculators of the country and if there is a greater “dictatorship than this outfit it has yet to show its face, The balance wheel for stabalizing prices is gone. There can be no doubt of that. Every American working man who must support a family of two or three o four knows that the balance wheel has been' whirled off its axis. There is no governor to the machinery. of price-fixing. There- fore, it is meet and just that pome artificlal balance wheel be made to take the place of the natural regu- lator. The question of Food Control is a serious one, one that demands the attention of every man and woman in the nation. : A - Bayonets that glisten in the sun. Between the close of the Spanish war and the opeiing of the World wu" such a line would suggest merely the ornamental part of a soldier’s gun. The bayonet, affixed, ‘'was usually a part of the gun's equipment when its possessor was doing guard duty. Some- times on parade whole rows of bayo- nets glstened in the sun and recalled the savagery of steel. But few people ever. thought of the. bayonet as a real weapon of the soldier. It had come to be thought of as a passing relic of other days when hand to hand fights were in vogue. Some military author- fties had even gone 80 far as to predict its disappearance from military equip- ment. . It was labeled as an added burden, as an extra weight a soldier might well dispense with. As other plans have been upset in this colossal struggle, so the plan to do away with the bayonet Has entire- ly gone by the board. The bayonet is more firmly fixed as a useful part of a soldier's equipment now than it ever was before. . The battles of Eu- rope have brought the bayonet into high repute among military ‘masters. Some of the deadliest fighting in the trenches has been characterized by bayonet thrusts. The use of the knife, for such it is ,in close quarters, has come to be of more import than the carbine or the saber. . Soldiers are drilled in the use of the bayonet with infinite care and precision. Every thrust that is posstble to make with a gun so decorated is taught and the { lessons are never given up until the pupils become almost perfect in the use of this instrument. Our American boys at Plattsburg and other camps are being taught the rudiments of bayonet fighting. The armjy officers of this day see the need for. a thorough knowledfe in this art. It is an art, although may- hap a very cruel one. The men of the infantry are placing as much de- pendency upen the bayonet part 6f their rifles as they are upon the mag- azine that holds the cartridges and the trigger that discharges the shot. Heavy artillery has, in a measure, brought this about. The mein firing comes from the big guns, the great guns: behind the lines. The little rifies are not brought intc action as frequently as they were in other wars. After the heavy bombardments the men rush férward to the first line of trenches they can reach and it is there the bayonets come into action. The aggressors use the bayonet-to drive the enemy ahead of them. The defend- ers use thesbayonet to safeguard their positions.f So has there been worked another change in the scheme of running a war. The cavalry has practically gone out of business. The airplanes have taken the places of the mounted men. The old method of firing volley | after volley as the charge is made 4. - Besides feeding ourselves { has been supplanted with the sys- being called - upon for tematic “rush’ ‘under a ‘“curtain of fire.” All of which | fizzle.” oy value of the bayonet and fifivgn 1t back its place held long before mod- ern-day . implements of war were known. Bayonets that glisten in the sun is no loner a poetic line. It is a thought laden with dire practica-' bility. Latest figures on the Liberty Loan of 1917 show that the total subscrip- tions amount to $3,085,226,860, an oversubscription of almost 52 per cent. It is announced by the Treasury Department that more than 4,000,000 men and women bought bonds. ot this number it is estimated that 3,960,000, or 99 per cent subscribed for amounts rangjng from $50 to $10,000. The Government will ' see that the people in this class se- cure {all the bonds they. have asked for. Those who were able to pur- chase bonds of higher denomiination must stand back until the average citizens are served. As this was sup- posed to be a papular loan so it has proven itself. 5 FACTS AND FANOCIES. - That proposed big air army ought to make the United States looked up to in Germany if it ever gets into ao- tion.—Meriden Record. Alfonso says if he were not a mon- arch he would be a democrat. Some manage to combine the two.—Spring- ‘fleld News. The exodus to the summer resorts has begun, and the baggage men are struggling with those small portable houses commonly kn6wn as trunks.— Paterson Press-Guardian. Alas, there apprar to be only two kinds of husbands—tliose who spoil & ‘woman to death and those who worry her to death.—Paterson Newas. “I understand,” says Senator Stone, “the Panama Canal project was a Heaven grant better under- standing —New York World. If bread is 60 per cent less in price in Brussels than in New York, then this is the home of the free and the heaven of ‘the food speculator.— Springfield Republican. 0 Freely do we forgive Mae, Edythe, Isybella, Byrtha and others since we have found Mique Obrian writing on the editorial page of a hitherto es- teemed contemporary. Women, by the way, are the discoverers of fads, but men are the development force that makes them seem. foolish.—Buffalo News. . The letting of contracts fof twen- ty-four wooden vessels indicates that General Goethals in spite of his pref- erence for steel construction, pro- poses to keep the timber yards busy. —Providence Journal. The Germans say t‘ley can put up $6,000,000 yet, and if they are really going bail for Goldman and Berk- man, as the anarchists boast they are, they may mneed it. Nothing less should be accepted.—Boston Tran- script. The Red Oross. The Red Cross work is a noble work For those in distress they care, Early and late they watch and wait With a wealth of devotion rare; On the battle fleld where the wound- ed lie In anguish and sore distress. The Red Cross workers are always nigh To save and heal and bless. O the good they do and the flowers they strew On the battle 'flelds of hate, Where the dead men sleep in win- drows deep And the wounded watch and wait. Then they feel the touch of a kindly ‘hand And a kindly voice they hear, And a language that all may under- stand Brings hope to the dullest ear. Through days and nights of and pain They wait upon friend and foe— O the good they do and the flowers they strew - The Father alone can know. ‘When the cyclone ploughs town and flelds Defacing the landscape fair, And the piteous cries of the wounded arise ‘The brave Red Cross is there. stress through Then flames surge high to the ruddy sky In the midst of a city vast, ‘When the homeless wander about the streets g And their neighbors stand aghast, Ere the smoldering ruins have grown cold : ‘While the curious dumbly stare, ‘Warm hearts and willing arms en- fold For the brave Red Cross is there. ‘When the flood sweeps down on ham- let and town And the valleys become as lakes, When® the buildings .rock in earthquakes shock Or the slumbering aetna awakes, Ere the lava cools or the flood sub- sides They are speeding on their way, These messengers of hope and love | The Red Cross knights of today. the And wherever their help is needed most trouble on sea or land, u will ind the Red Cross at its post . brave and devoted band, |/'Be not afraid to lend our aid To these friends who do and dare, . With a willing heart go and do your | part In | Yo A has added to the | Such work is the truest praver. WILLIAM G. RODGERS. P !’ Town Topics On July 1 the new automobile law regarding the use of headlights and spotlights becomes effective and it behooves: all New Britain motorists to familiarize thémselves with the provisions_for, it 18 understood, that for the safety of all concerned, this law is to be rigidly enforced. The particular provisions &pplying to the lights on motor vehiclemstates: “Every motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, shall, during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour . before sunrise, and whengver fog renders it impossible to see a long distance, display at least two lights on the forward part of such vehicle.”” The law states that all headlights must be visible at least 200 feet ahead of the car,”and they shall be of sufficient strength to show any substantial object in the road- way at_ least 150 feet ahead. Fur: thermore the law provides: - “Any light thrown directly ahead or side- wise shall be so arrenged that no dazzling rays or beams or reflected lght, from it or any reflector, shall, at any time, be more than three and one-half feet above the ground on a level road at a distance of seventy- five feet ahad of such vehicle. No spotlights shall be used when another approaching vehicle is in sight, ex- cept when projecting their rays di- rectly ypon the ground at a distance not exceeding thirty feet in front of such vehicle using such - spotlight and to the right of-the center of the highway.” The state automobile comiais- sioner, R. B. Stoeckel, in ex- plaining the ‘above law, declares that certain home made adjustmenis on. lights will be. satisfactory if they meet the requirements. These ad- Justments include etchin or covering the glass front or part of the front of each light with somua 'semi-trans- parent material, or by tipping the lamp to deflect the rays, or by a combination of both. After a num- ber of tests the commissioner states that the following devices submitted by manufacturers, indicating the can- dle power of the lamp used, are sat- isfactory to him: Bermac . Reflector, when used wil a 24-candle power bulb. ' Corning Clear Lens, when with a 21-candle powef bulb. Corping Noviol Lens, when used with a 21-candle power bulb. Controllite Lens, when used with a 21-candle power bulb. Fractor Lens, when used with a 368-candle power bulb, Hotchkiss Lens, when used with a 40-candle power bulb. Mask & Light Concentrator, when used with an 18-candle power bulb. More-Light Lens, (Amber), when used with e 2l-candle power bulb. More-Light Lens (Clear) when used with a 2l-candle power bulb, Offset Reflector, when used with a 21-candle power bulb. Osgood Lens, when used with a 24- candle power bulb, Queen Cut Glass Lens, when used with a 15-candle power bulb. Reflector, when used with a 21- candle power bulb. ¢ Warner Lens, when used with a 21-candle power bulb. Now that practically every man be- tween th ages of 21 and 31 has reg- istered " for selective conscription, what next? This question is {if the minds of about 7,200 New Britain men and their 50,000 relatives. The answer is yet to come, but Provost Marshal General Crowder at ‘Washington is working out the regu- lations and as soon as they have been approved by the secretary of war and the president the public will be informed. Unoffictally, but from supposedly authentic sources, some of the ques- tions ocan be answered. For . in- stance, how are the men to be chosen and what are the individual chences? It is said that upwards of a mil- lion and a half names will be taken by lottery from the almost ten mil- lion names registered on June 5 and statisticlans claim that the Indi- vidual’'s chance of being drawn 1is about one in seven and a half. Then atfer the rejectiops have been made, including the physical wrecks, men with dependents, etc., the number will be so cut down, it is figured, that the chance of each eligible man to be named will be about one in three. Whether married men will be exempted is not known and regula- tions covering this will be made known by the war department later, but it has been hinted that much dis- cretion in this matter may be left to local boards of exemption. The same will apply to sons with depend- ent mothers. Further estimates indicate that about one man in every three will measure up to the army physical re- quirements, but it is thought that the examinations will be less stringent than in the regular army and more in conformity with the old militia standards. Should it ever happen that exemptions reduce the number in any community below the required quota from that district a second drawing would have to be made from the registration lists and the new candidates would have to appear before the exemption board. In many instances the final exemp- tion board in each city will be the general board in charge of the regis- tration, but this rule will not be fol- lowed absolutely. Appeal from the local exemption boards will be . al- lowed and the war department is now hard at work trying to organize a final board of appeal for each fed- eral judicial district. If a person drafted wishes to appeal he will not have to engage a lawyer as it is pro- posed to have the exemption hearings very informal as well as very strict. T¢ a man feels that he has been un- justly dealt with by his local board and has just grounds fér complaint he may come before the board of ap- peals and tell his story. As soon as the drafting is com- pleted and the men are called to the varjous cantonments for intensive training their work as soldiers will used SRALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, | o 1017, - begin. Pay will begin ‘for mb' drafted men from the time he gets orders to report or he takes the fed- eral oath, whether he remains - at home- on leave or goes into camp, The uniform of the drafted men will’ probably be the same as that of the regular army and national guard, ex- cept that there may be some collar insignia or a distinctive button such as now distinguishes the natlonal guard from the regulars. Yt is Mke- wise understood that in assembling this vast army care will be taken to keep districts together.. Thus men from Connecticut would not be likely to be mixed up with a batch of men from California. The ‘law directs that insofar as it is practical men from the same communities shall be kept together. Men from the ranks of the selected draft will be eligible for officers’ positions and it has been announced that the third series of officess’ training camps will be made up of men from these ranks. A Washington correspondent has the following to say regarding the disposition of the selected army, but it may be only his personal opinion ls;le]nna from conversation at the cap- ol: In official circles it is privately ad- mitted that the chief purpose of this selective service army is for the de- fense of this country. Much has been said and written about sending men to the trenches in France. Men are going to France now and it will° not be long before General Pershing has a oouple of divisions there, but it probably will be a long time before the men now about to be- gin their training will see active serv- ice .of any kind. This does not mean that America is not to take its full part in the war. It merely means that one of the most impo tasks this country faces ig the preparation of a large reserve army, mobilized, equipped and trained to be used, If ‘necessary, to defend this country from foreign aggression. As much as we would iike to send large bodies of troops abroad, the shortage of transports makes this an almost impossible task in the near fu- ture. Feeding the people in France and Emgland is already a tremendous burden which must be shared at once by the United States, and every man sent over there from the United States is another man to be fed, clothed, munitioned and transported by the workers at home. Selective service men who will be disappointed if they do not see ac- tive fighting at once will do well to enlist in the navy, the mering corps or eventhe regulars. All of these will go before the se- lective service army. This army may at the end all go.' This .is for the future to determine. From now on, until December 20, the sun will drop lower in the heav- ens each day, for the longest day of the year, according to the sclentists, ‘was passed on June 21, when the sun rose at 4.16 a.m and set at 7:30. oo The last few warm days have been the days of real sport for the young- sters and the well-known and justly popular ol' swimmin’ hole looked just as attrfactive as it ‘dl(: last summer. o y This past week has been one to enjoy. Seveéral consecutive days of bright sunshine have not heretofore been the general order of things. And how the gardens have grown! Jt's & pretty good old 'world to live in’after all. ¢ e All naval men enlisted from this section of the state through the head- quarters station at Hartford are be- ing supplied with neat brongze badges stating that the wearer is “One of Hartford’s 600.” We salute the cap- itol city. When it comes to hogging credit those from the neighboring community are certainly there- We are inclined to believe, however, that a goodly percentage of these Hartford sailors are New Britain boys. Naval records show fifty or sixty coming from here at least. Other nearby towns also furnished -their quota, yet they are “Hartford’s 600.” It is to laugh. e S Especially acceptable at this time. will be the increased state appropria- tion for the New Britain General hospital which becomes effective with the beginning of the state fiscal year this summer. In years past the local hospital received a state appropria- tion of $5,000, but at the last session of the legislature, largely through the individual efforts of State Treasurer F. S. Chamberlain, Senator G. W Klett and Representativee E. F. Hall, the appropriation was increased by $2,500, making = total .of $7,600. ‘With the increased cost of medicines, equipment, foodstuffffs and other sup- plies this additional money will be used to l.dvlnu.se.. = In the matter of state appropria- tions, the Berlin Statc Fair this year will have to get along with less money from the state. Where in past years the state gave $2,800 for the Berlin Fair, this year, following somre agri- culturalists’ argument at the capitol, this money was split into twenty-five Jots of $100 each, with the provision that each of twenty-five rural fairs benefit. « s As contrasted to last week, the people with all modern conveniences in their home have put aside the electric heater and purchased an electric fan. s s . / From the big reception _tendered the members of Company I at Nor- wich on Tuesday night it is, evident that the citizens of that city are proud of the boys. New Britain is proud of her soldier boys too, and she has occasion to be. RS R S GRADUATED TODAY. Charles Buell Bow, formerly. of this city where he was graduated from the Grammar school in 1907 and later attended the High school, was graduated today from the Uni- versity of Vermont at Burlington. He was graduated from the Springfield, Mass., High school in 1912. At col- lege Mr. Dow specialized in agricul- ture and plans to become an instruc- tor in this branch. .of. which will be mentioned later. CO ICATED WRITER WANTS ACTION. Another phase of the question Hundred Million Bushels of Ceveals. |ish-American war, byvl:m:. ot ~ foul army canteén, thousands of our al:::‘:;m:: ;go 000,000 bushels | 1ers. Who never saw the fromt. Wi v s ined for life. Trains of - °§ ‘tvr:“':hh ot yurh Srefi On tap ::d soldiers were sidetracked, . of this shortage we have a greater o demand than ever before for our |l0W the products of Milwaulkes &rain produots by those with whom |°ries to pass, and the we have become allied in & ¢t war. | 8round our army camps were & 110,000,000 bushels of cereals were | STaC® to the nation. The army used last year by those who manutac- | 60n has departed, but the only ture intoxicating liquor in this coun- | 18W yet passed to protept our sol try. Add to this 163,000,000 gallons | 204 sallors is that liquor shall » of molasses, with quantities of sugar, | 20! them while in uniform. Bx. and other ingredients, and we have | 088, of Massachusetts said, in & the amazing total of 7,000,000,000 | °50t address, that “within half & pounds of various kinds of food stufts [ Of Charlestown navy yard, used in the manufacture of products | 36 licensed places set their trw that unfit us for the pursuits of peace the bluajhckets. . Things aré 4 or the sucoesstul prosecution of war. |th® eame in Portsmouth, B 3 In addition to this we find that thou- |21 down the line. Of what are sands of tons of coal are also used | tBinking to permit this awful w and thousands of men are devoting | Without protest. Will we send ¥ their labor to this worse than useless [ 5008 and.brothers to the : work. mt.lu:n.-hwxl‘-nmm Yet this 1s G . | Tear, sapping the life blood and land cries aend et o 8" | trom their manhood? All for relieve our needs, lest we perish.” . But, lo, another 100,000,000 bushels of grain are there converted into poi- sonous beverages. hang on the brink of& preeipice?. looks' like doubtful patsiotiem it po—l action that will bring quick sults. 3 tion permit it to continue? God I belfeve not. Fellow men, brothers, let us amine our hearts. Do we waste of food, needed to sustain life, at the most critical per- fod of the world's history. England hears from her prime minister that the liquor traffic’ fs a | TeFCY and justios to be dealt Sreater foe than German or Austrian ourselves. Then let us give: arms. The “White Paper” issued in |24 Justice to thoss who ™ 1918 by the British government | Oer their lives as a sacrifice f showed how drink. was holding up re- | °2 the altar of lberty. ;e Delrs on warships, the transport of Let us put our shoulders to m:rfinu and the production of | Wheel and do our part NOW, shejls. - ml‘ by each individual by t: Our government's advice to start|OF letter to President W gardens in our back yards, is good. | "FORS enough will bring ‘We cannot do too muchin that line. r:‘-. in congress show that To, conserve food in our homes is also | 4%8t's endorsement of . & most wise policy. It is in fact a necessity to most of us while flour is $16 per barrel and other supplies in like proportion. But why should n our government which has the power, stop the tremendous waste involved in the mianufacture of beverages that lead directly to disease, disaster, and death. It is excellent advice to save pennies, but it avails us lttle it we throw away dol ‘We will gladly help our allles to the extent of our utmost endeaver,. n-h.rln'finr last lmtwlth them to Bl'o- leve ir hunger, if neceasary. But now is the um:’:o conkerve our| own iby: their teacher; who, resources and also ask them to do mbm"’-"‘fl acooun the same, by eliminating this wanton | théir misdeeds. Onelof them ¥ destruction of feods, which if per- | Piody noss. ‘teacher- lo mitted to oontinue, may lose us the ‘war, and in any event will sear and blister the lives of thousands of sol- diers, sall and civilian workmen in every allled nation. - Senators talk of, the loss of $350,- 000,000 of revenue. ‘“Where shall we raise this amount if we prohibit the manufacture of liquor?” is the query. Well if no other means of- fered they might place a tax to that amount on the food stuffs saved. Better yet, considering the fact that for every. dollar of tax received from this trafiic by the government about municate with our presidest, United States senators, our men, they will heed the un of the people in their demand | conservation of the nation's | in this, our time of n ‘Two small boys had indulged e ih e i und. - Unfortun them, the end of ‘the encounter his ‘| four dollars additional thx is paid to that traffic. by the consumer, he could well afford to pay the $350,000,000. He would then have left $1,200,000,- 000 to help finance future taxes and buy government bonds. That is one way out. There are still others one Senator 4 timaes I think it was because I ;) only man in our busy commupity W was willing to put in his time. Ing up pleces, committing them memory 2 e senators who represent Mil- ‘waukee, worry about confisgation of ligitimate business and the great number of men who will be thrown |' out of employment. When we recol- lect that a million men per 18 & low estimate of those we withdraw from active labor and send to the battle front, and that there are thousands of acres of land wait- ing for the necessary laboy to pro- duce crops thereon, it - weald that the men now employed in the liquor trade, could soon themselves to their own personal bet- terment, and' the gemeral advantage of the entire nation. All these contingencies will be met in a simpler way it the Mquor manu- facturers will turn their n to the production of aléohol for govern- ment uses, which, according to their own trade journals, is required in vast quantjties for the =~ manufacture of smokeless powder. in town, I ‘to that I question my wits as 4 carpenter. Now ¢ angels and are not. Braest He Xnow. ‘Any rege? . Any old. irenfh chanted thd dealer, as he kmooked the suburben villa.. The man of hou':;o’ himself opgned the deor.' < g0 away,” he snapped tably, “There's nothing for you. M#: ‘wife is away.” v % T The itinerant merchant hesitated ' moment, and then inquired: “Any old botties?"—Tit-Bi —_— A Few Years Hbnoe. “Why are you tylug up the ‘Con gressional Reoord' in blue ribboms?”" / “Just mailing out some speeches & lady senater to some of her femi-- nine constituents.” — Kaneas City i The liquor now in bond, or on the sheives of the re- tailers, estimated at 300,000,000 gal- lons, could be redistilled for the same purpose. # There are plenty of ways to ineet any emergency, that arise, through the enacting of a 'national prohibition law, provided. we wish to find them. The trouble is, those who oppose, will mot look for the things they do not wish to see. - 5 “Great Drought in Germany.” Some of the breweries converted into Mmu- nicipsl factories?—Boston ni y: Speaking of “good scouts™ - Jou To return for a moment to the purss) that this legitimate business is bullt| ywere confined to your bed less confiscated because it has been | Chioago, June 33.—Offoers fiscation argument d not ox- vention included Theodore Whit- - Dealing in slaves was a legitimate {Mass., is & vice president. moved for the common+good and that sort. When all other argument fails | trial trade exposition and export con- it is unconstitutional to prohibit the | ed addvesses by Governor McCall at all, also unconmstitutional to put | Washington. If T understand the situation, 1t is |, a"e Ferial® ST Tt CE O ena- i tion consistent with common sense. beginning tto be afraid they can’t do is conceded to be necessary to con- a product, which as used is detri- the necessity of unlimited debate? |the matter with ' the Boy . Scouts?- Bridgyport argument of confiscation, of legitimdte My, 't the’ Blue?” business; we find upon examination, "Wo'n “m.“mm be blue 1t ¢ the up largely through the confiscation of | goean is?"'—Ci a1 wWid the laboring man's wages. None the = = 1 G WHOLESADE G| permitted by law up to the present ROCERS. time. Such being the case the con- |, . o o4 the ol m‘ cessive welght, when we ku:‘". ln“\dcv the nationsd wholesale: grocers’ con- the present great need of foodstuffs. 72 62 New business in this country at one time | 380T8¢ W. G. Ferguson, Springfisld, but the shield of the law was re- e INDUSTRIAD EXPOSITION.. property was really confiscated. TION. ? Finally we hear the cry of last re- Springfield, June 23.—An indue- the constitutionality of the prospec- { ference was opemed here today with G tive laws is brought into question. If |an program, which imclud- waste of food in this crisis, it must | Mayor Stacey, and BSecretary Red be unconstitutional to enter the war | field of the commerce department at out a fire and protect ourselves from g contaEion The Germans are talking so much not prolonged discussion in congress 1 1d Al d ' Lorral: Action that goes straight to the mark, 2 which now is food conservation. It |'bDaitimere American. serve our food supply to the utmost. Here are thousands of tons going into mental to our welfare and a com- plete loas to us in our struggle. Why ‘Why quibble and split hairs while we v & &